Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्देवस्तदा नारायणो नृप । उच्चैर्जहास स्वनवत्तत्राभूदखिलं जगत्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | ityuktvā bhagavāndevastadā nārāyaṇo nṛpa | uccairjahāsa svanavattatrābhūdakhilaṃ jagat
श्री मार्कंडेय म्हणाले—हे राजा! असे बोलून भगवान नारायण तेव्हा मोठ्याने हसले; आणि त्या नादासारखेच तेथे अखिल जगत प्रकट झाले।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: Nārāyaṇa laughs aloud; from the vibrating sound-waves the cosmos appears—stars, worlds, gods—like ripples expanding from a single sonic burst; observers are stunned.
FAQs
The cosmos is portrayed as responding to the Divine—creation and revelation proceed from the Lord’s effortless will and power.
No explicit tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative transition within Revā Khaṇḍa.
None.